Social Science Quarterly, Volume 79, Issues 1-2Southwestern Social Science Association and the University of Texas, 1998 - Political science |
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Page 433
... towns , voters have chosen to adopt a representative form of local government to replace the traditional open town meet- ing . The purpose of this paper is to examine this decision by incorporating the institutional details of the open town ...
... towns , voters have chosen to adopt a representative form of local government to replace the traditional open town meet- ing . The purpose of this paper is to examine this decision by incorporating the institutional details of the open town ...
Page 435
... town meeting format , large populations will result in high de- cision - making costs and therefore , ceteris paribus , highly populous towns are more likely to use representative governments to reduce such costs . He goes on to argue ...
... town meeting format , large populations will result in high de- cision - making costs and therefore , ceteris paribus , highly populous towns are more likely to use representative governments to reduce such costs . He goes on to argue ...
Page 436
... town meeting format . If attendance at town meetings is low , then preformed coalitions may have a significant influence simply by attending the meetings . In rep- resentative town meetings , representatives are elected by geographic ...
... town meeting format . If attendance at town meetings is low , then preformed coalitions may have a significant influence simply by attending the meetings . In rep- resentative town meetings , representatives are elected by geographic ...
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